Head Case: My Brain and Other Wonders

Author:   Cole Cohen ,  Julia Whelan
Publisher:   Tantor Media, Inc
Edition:   Unabridged edition
ISBN:  

9781494510961


Publication Date:   19 May 2015
Format:   Audio  Audio Format
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The summer before she was set to head out-of-state to pursue her MFA, twenty-six-year-old Cole Cohen submitted herself to a battery of tests. For as long as she could remember, she'd struggled with a series of learning disabilities that made it nearly impossible to judge time and space-standing at a cross walk, she couldn't tell you if an oncoming car would arrive in ten seconds or thirty; if you asked her to let you know when ten minutes had passed, she might notify you in a minute or an hour. These symptoms had always kept her from getting a driver's license, which she wanted to have for grad school. Instead of leaving the doctor's office with permission to drive, she left with a shocking diagnosis-doctors had found a large hole in her brain responsible for her life-long struggles. Because there aren't established tools to rely on in the wake of this unprecedented and mysterious diagnosis, Cole and her doctors and family create them, and discover firsthand how best to navigate the unique world that Cole lives in. Told without an ounce of self-pity and plenty of charm and wit, Head Case is ultimately a story of triumph, as we watch this passionate, loveable, and unsinkable young woman chart a path for herself.

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Author:   Cole Cohen ,  Julia Whelan
Publisher:   Tantor Media, Inc
Imprint:   Tantor Media, Inc
Edition:   Unabridged edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 13.70cm
Weight:   0.079kg
ISBN:  

9781494510961


ISBN 10:   1494510960
Publication Date:   19 May 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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A beautifully wrenching memoir as piercing as smelling salts. ---Kirkus Starred Review


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Cole Cohen graduated from the California Institute of the Arts MFA program in writing and critical studies in 2009. She was a finalist for the Bakeless Prize and the Association of Writers & Writing Programs prize in nonfiction, and she has been a Yaddo fellow. Cole currently lives in Santa Barbara, California. Julia Whelan, a former child actress, began narrating and directing audiobooks after graduating from college with a degree in English and creative writing. She has garnered many positive reviews, won multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, earned a Grammy nomination, and was named one of AudioFile magazine's Best Voices of 2010.

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